open source world

Bryen was recently elected to the openSUSE Community Board and is probably the first ever Deaf-Blind member of a Linux-based board.

One of the reasons he ran for the openSUSE Board was to "ensure that accessibility users also have a strong voice in the open source world.”

There is an interesting contrast between the real world and the open source world evident in two blog-post/comment-threads popping up on my "open source" Google Alert as of November 22.

The epic battle between the Open Source world — represented by Novell — and evil proprietary patent trolls — played by SCO — has finally played out, at least partly, as Judge Dale Kimball of the U.S.

District Court for the District of Utah has released his decision in SCO v. Novell — and it's not a happy message for ou

InfoWorld: "I've been looking hard for layoffs at startups and have noticed something pretty interesting. Web 2.0 is taking a big hit, but I haven't heard much about job losses in the open source world."

eldavojohn writes "The BBC is planning to release some of its programmes to users of GNU & Linux. You won't see Doctor Who or Dragons' Den on there anytime soon, but they have been working with Canonical & Collabra on getting this out there for Totem users.

The developer blog mentions that the sheer number of options in the open source world actually makes this difficult to accomplish."

eldavojohn writes "The BBC is planning to release some of its programmes to users of GNU & Linux. You won't see Doctor Who or Dragons' Den on there anytime soon, but they have been working with Canonical & Collabora on getting this out there for Totem users.

Eager to know what is new in Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid Iblex ??!!Here is a First look to ubuntu 8.10 intrepid iblex.Open source world is looking forward for the much awaited Ubuntu release INTREPID IBLEX.I think its the ripe time to switch to ubuntu.Its said "This is the greatest free software the open source community has to offer".

How can the Linux world achieve the same hype that Apple has managed to achieve without sacrificing the open discussion and development that shape the open-source world?

The Open Road: "The fact is that Microsoft has yet to find a way to call out its intellectual property (IP) in things like Linux without stumbling over all of the IP that it, in turn, has "borrowed" from others, including the open-source world."

ZDNet: "There is a distinct difference in the attitude of open source players, advocates and users. It comes down to a five-letter word, value.

Or its plural, values."